GRAMMAR IN PROGRESS

EXERCISES ON PAGE 413

EX. 1

1) tell, 2) said, 3) told, 4) telling, 5) told, 6) say, said, 7) says, 8) have just told

EX. 2

1) tell, 2) says, 3) have just told, 4) said, 5) will tell, 6) say, 7) tell, 8) said

EX. 3

1) say, 2) said, 3) said, 4) told, 5) seat belt, 6) told, 7) first gear, 8) steering wheel, 9) handbrake, 10) did he say, 11) didn’t say, 12) told, 13) clutch, 14) windscreen, 15) said, 16) always told, 17) rear view mirror, 18) don’t tell, 19) ring road, 20) driving school

EXERCISES ON PAGES 414, 415

EX. 5

1) speak, 2) talking, 3) speak, 4) speak, 5) talk, 6) talk, 7) speaks, 8) talking

EX. 6

1) haven’t been speaking, 2) are you talking, 3) to speak, 4) talks, 5) speaks, 6) spoke, 7) talking, 8) is spoken, 9) always talk, 10) talking, to speak

EX. 7

1) said, 2) tell, 3) spoke, 4) to talk, 5) has just told, 6) say, 7) said, 8) have they talked, 9) spoke, 10) don’t say

EX. 8

1) talk, 2) telling, 3) say, 4) are you talking, 5) saying, 6) ’m telling, 7) talking, 8) said, 9) tell, 10) say

EX. 9

1) “I’m late. Can you pick up in my office?” she told us. 2) Joan said that the he didn’t like the film about Julius Caesar because it was very imprecise about historical facts. 3) Michela talked on the phone for hours with her boyfriend. He was telling her that their relationship couldn’t continue and she was telling him that she couldn’t live without him instead. 4) I never understand what my father in law says because he speaks a dialect that I don’t know. 5) A I have the Chinese exam next month. Do you think that uncle Luke could help me? B It’s obvious! He speaks Chinese very well and in this period he doesn’t work. 6) A Can you tell me the exact time please? B Sorry, my watch doesn’t work. 7) A Could I speak with the principal? B Today he isn’t here. What must you tell him? 8) A Why were you talking about me when I came into the class? B You’re wrong, we weren’t talking about you!

EX. 10

1) In inglese invece cambia perché “mi disse Amy”, dal momento che c’è il complemento di termine, si traduce “Amy told me”, mentre “disse Amy”, poiché non c’è il complemento di termine, si traduce “Amy said”.

2) Il verbo to say introduce il discorso indiretto solo in assenza del complemento di termine, mentre to tell lo introduce sempre in resenza del complemento di termine. Esempi: Mum said she had to go to the supermarket, because she had run out of milk. Mario said us he couldn’t had dinner with us because he wasn’t ok.

3) Giorgio si rivolge al fratello dicendo "I need to talk to you", perché to talk si usa per indicare l’atto di parlare con qualcunoin situazioni informali, come in questo caso.